Sextus Julius Iulus

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Sextus Julius Iulus was a consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 424 BC. [1]

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Julius belonged to the patrician Julia gens and the branch known as the Julii Iuli, one of the early republics most influential families having produced five consuls prior to Sextus Julius. He is the first known Sextus among the Julii, a praenomen otherwise associated with a younger branch, the Julii Caesares, who appeared by the end of the 3rd century BC. As no filiations have survived it remains unclear of Julius connection to the other known Julii Iuli of the period, but there remains a possibility that Lucius Julius Iulus, consular tribune in 388 and 379 BC, was his son. [2]

Consular tribune

In 424 BC Julius was elected as consular tribune together with Appius Claudius Crassus, Lucius Sergius Fidenas and Spurius Nautius Rutilus. Julius seems to have spent most of his consular time outside of Rome, probably leading armies in the field, as Livy mentions that only his colleague Claudius remained in Rome for the comitia and the election of the consular college of 423 BC. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Livy in reporting the consular college of 424 BC has Julius with the cognomen of Tullus, a cognomen that is otherwise associated with the Volscatia, a contemporary gens to Livy who rose to prominence in the 1st century BC. This, in combination with that the other sources are in agreement of Iullus/Iulus, makes it likely that the ancient historian should be considered to have made a mistake here. [7] [8]

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  1. ↑ Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic, 1951, vol i, pp.68
  2. ↑ Broughton, vol i
  3. ↑ Chronograph of 354 (Crasso et Fidenas)
  4. ↑ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita , iv. 35-36
  5. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica , xii, 82.1
  6. ↑ Broughton, vol i, pp.68
  7. ↑ Livy, iv. 35.4
  8. ↑ Broughton, vol i, pp.68, note. 1
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    with Appius Claudius Crassus
    Lucius Sergius Fidenas
    Spurius Nautius Rutilus
    424 BC    		Succeeded by
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